#6D7217#6D7217

#6D7217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.109 H 112.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D7217
RGB	rgb(109, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, -13.58, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 47.87, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% -0.0422 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.109 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4790, 15.3480, 3.1155)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D7217 #1C1772

analogous

#724A17 #6D7217 #407217

triadic

#6D7217 #176D72 #72176D

tetradic

#6D7217 #17724A #1C1772 #721740

square

#6D7217 #17724A #1C1772 #721740

split-complementary

#6D7217 #174072 #4A1772

monochromatic

#181905 #3C3F0D #6D7217 #9EA521 #CCD52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#6D7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#6D7217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D7217

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D7217	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.109 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9a5d',
    500: '#6d7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d7217;
$custom-light: #9a9a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53076,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D7217

secondary

#433DA8

accent

#3EE948

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D7217

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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